The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-08-09
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The people OF Pessanta county have
been all torn up during the past week
over very unusual occurrence that took
place on Rock run, in the upper part OF
that county Last Monday night. It was in
tho nature Of q church riot and was at
once amusing and dirgraceful. Some Of
the best citizsnu In the county took hand
In The brawl, blood flowed freely and
there were numerous suits before q qua.
tice. In the locality referred to there are
two churches, Methodist and q Chris.
tan church, and during the past three
months there has been considerable rival
ry between the two congregations which
eliminated In the riot which was directly
brought about 'as followe:
Rev. Robert H. Singer Ia the pastor Of
the Christian or Dlsciples' Church. He
has been preaching there for some time,
and has made many enemies by reason Of
hia. positivenesa. Not long ago rumor
began coupling his name In an unpleasant
way with that Of one Of his lady parish.
toner's. These rumors were industriously
spread, until they became decidedly
monotonous 10 Singer. A lew days ago
|he took occasion to publically denounee q
number Of the people who, as he claimed,
had thus slandsred him, assigning them
10 the scriptural allotment 10Y liars. Il
Then the trouble began in dead earnest
One of the men referred to by Singer was
John Lamp, a young man who decided to
! whip Singer and 30 announced. Last
Monday evening quite a crowd assembled
at tho church on Rock Run, where Mr..
Singer YVES preaching. Alter the congre.
CATION had left the building, and had pro.
ceeded about hundred yards, young
Lamp struck Singer, knocking him down,
This aeemed to BIZ tho signal for battle.
In the words OF the 81. Maty's Oracle, no
one can give Ill accurate account Of what
followed. I'd.
Clubs and Btones were used pfomiscu.
ously, and many persona were knocked
down in the ARRAY. Women and children
screamed, men rushed to and fro, striking
here and there, and, in the excitement, 1t
seemed that no wisnees could give an in
selligent account. They could SEQ people
falling, but Il was difficult to tell by whose
haads. The excitement was intense, and
the woods echoed with the yels and
screama OF the excited multitude. Blood
flowed freely from wounds received, but
We believe none were seriously hurt
When the ecene was ended, black eyes,
broken noses, and heads bunged up gen!
orally, seemed to be the order OF tho day.
Dan Mccullough p"'ed IS tho parsons
chief champion and laid Lamp out cold,
Singer had warrants issued for sixteen
parties, charging them with raising riot,
assault and battery, and numetoua other
playful antics. Tho trial began Wednea-
day, when whole host Of witnesses were
Examined, and the fun was fast aud iuTi.
Qua. Wednesday night the defendsnte
teleeraphed to Parkersburg for @. I. Cald.
we'll to come up and help the sixteen
stand up against the preacher. Caldwell
went up. More Witnesses were examined
and aome speeches we're made. A nun
by tho name OF Bumgarnar, the worst hurt
msn Of the lot, got up and said that he
was both willing to forgive and to be for
given. Caldwell advised peace, harmony
and christian fellowship. Singer said that
he was awful sorry for what had happen
ed and intimated that he too Was ready to
forgivs and BIZ forgiven. Caldwell preached
= little more and then started the hand.
shaking business, which epfead like the
cholera until it became epidemic. This,
Of course, knocked the trial in the head,
and what in the beginning looked nightly
Ike bloody war wound up with love
fopet $500 F4aJ1'-h.lZ EE.-.- -